The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-31


Receipts same day last year. 572 1889
FINANCIALr-Money is easy.
Domestic E1chdnqe-Steady. Banks and
bankers are buying sight drafts at a per cent
discount and selling at Is per cent discount
Foreign Erchange-The market is steady.
Commercial demand, 81 S3A; sixty days;
81 3ls4 ninety days, 81 sl14; francs, Paris and
Havre, commercial, sixty days, 30 24a4; Swiss,
S. 24S4; marks, sixty days. 0414,
SEcURITIEs-The market is stagnant, with
little or no demand for any class of securities;
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City Bond$-Quiet. At
lanta per cent long date, lO8 bid, ITO asked;
Atlanta per cent, lis bid, 12l asked; Augusta
per cent long date, 115 bid, 1ls asked; Au-
glista 6s long date, 10S bid, no asked; Columbus
per cent 100 bid, 105 asked; Macon per cent,
Iii bid, 112 asked; new Savannah per cent,
October coupons, 10118 bid, lO2 asked; new
Savannah per cent, November coupons, lOl
bid, 1919 asked.
State Bonds Market steady, with light sup
ply. Georgia new is, 1889, 101 bid, 1902 asked;
Georgia new 41as, 10l16 bid, 10516 asked; Geor-
ga per cent gold, quarterly coupons. los bid,
106 asked; Georgia per cent coupons Janu-
airy and July. maturity 1896, 40 bid, 191 asked.
Railroad StockS-Central common, us bid,
119 asked; Augusta and Savannah Z per cent
guaranteed, 1871 bid, 1872 asked; Georgia COM
mon, 1876 bid, 1893 asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 127 bid, l26 asked; Central
6per cent certificates, 80 bid, 100 asked; At
lanta and West Point railroad stock. 1903 bid,
Ill asked; Atlanta and West Point per cent
certificates, 1925 bid, 1O3 asked.
Florida and Western Railway Company general
mortgage 6 per cent interest, coupons October,
ll5 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mort
gage consolidated per cent coupons Janll-
AIRY and July maturity 1897, us bid, 11716 asked,
Central consolidated mortgage Z per cent,
coupons January and July, maturity 1893. 11019
bid, 1119 asked; Georgia railroad is 1897, lOb
bid, los asked; Mobile and Girard second mort
gage Endorsed per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1889, 1902 bid, 10316 asked; Mont
gonery and Eufaula first mortgage 8 per cent,
frTr col H. al fiV.Ao hi
asked; Marietta and North Georgia first mort
gage, so years. per cent, 100 bid, 1Ol@ asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first mort
gage Ill bid, 1l2 asked; Charlotte, Column
40 asked; Western Alabama second mort
gage Endorsed per cent, 100 bid, ITO asked; ;
100 asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta and
Knoxville first mortgage per cent, ma bid,
III asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and south
ern first mortgage guaranteed ia bid, 115@
asked Gainesville jefferson and Southern not
guaranteed, 1lS asked; Ocean Steamship
per cen cent bonds gar 9nad by Cen
jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, 1l3 asked; Columbus and
Rome first mortgage bonds, indorsed by Cen
lO7 asked; City and Suburban railway first
mortgage per cent, 100 bid, 10 asked.
Bank Stocks-Nominal. Southern Bank Of
chants National Bank, 157 asked; savannah
Bank and Trust Company, 81 bid, 100 asked;
National Bank of Savannah, 100 bid, l2l asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company, 1OT
bid l0S asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex-
dividend, 20 bid, u asked; Mutual Gas Light
STOCK, 20 bid % asked.
BACON - Market steady; demand good;
smoked clear rib sides, $3.50; shoulders, 61sc;
Dry salted clear rib sides. 0c long clear, S5Sc;
shoulders, none; hams, 19c.
BAGGGING AND TIES-Market irregular We
quote: Baggng--24 lbs, S14dyS16c; 2its. 7Ss@..
79sc; IA lbs 65SI7$Ic, according to brand and
quantity. Iron ties-Arrow and other brands,
none; nominal, 81 - per bundle, according 10
brand and quantity. Bagging and ties in retail
io.s traction higher.
BuTTER-Market steady: oleomargarine, 14G
iec; choice Goshen, 1sc; gilt edge, &c; cream
Northern, 12013c.
CHEEsE-Market nominal; small demand;
s'ock light. We quote la 15c.
CoFFEE-Tbe market is firm. We quote for
small lots: Ordinary, 201sc; fair, 211sc; good,
~<2pc' choice, pc; peaberry. 26c.
DRIED FRuIT-Apple,, evaporated, 13c; peeled,
rants &C. Citron 25c
Dry GooDs-The market is firm; business fair.
we quote Prints, 4616c; Georgia brown shirt
ingg Glec; white osnaburgs s%61oc; checks,
fihg1c; yarns, SIC for best makes; brown drill
lhgs, "a nc.
FlsH-We quote full weights: Mackerel-No.
eoSi 5O01000; No. 3. half barrels, nominal,
- OGy7 90; No. 2, 81 5o0S 30. Herring--No. /,
NC scaled, 25c: cod, 50sc
,,FLoUR-Market steady: demand moderate.
we quote: Extra, So 1003 IS; fancy, 81 500
435. P"'eN'' % i'VS' w. '''''i''
ofauIT-Lemons- fair. We quote:
eoOGg4 90, Apples Northern 50 756350
!, GRAfN-Corn- Market very firm; demand
usnt We quote: White corn, job lots, t9ci
"l6 oad lots 6Gc; mixed corn, job lots, 65e car
lual lots, &c. Oats steady demand good. we
s9ote; Mixed oats, 45c: carload lots, doc Bran,
~ w, Meal, T2Ihc. Georgia grist, per sack,
90 gfist per bushel Zoe
lLAY-Alarket very firm. with fair demand;
Stock ample We quote Job lots: Western,
w carload lots, 81 90; Eastern, 81 10; North